Gene Johnson has been painting and exhibiting since the mid-80s in New York City. He has participated in many group and solo exhibitions in New York, Mexico, Paris, Madrid, Havana and Sao Paulo.  His work can be found in private, corporate and museum collections in the US, Latin America and Europe.

"Johnson's painterly use of color, texture and form alludes to his respect for traditional and expressive painters alike.   

His intense and energetic application of paint embodies his paintings with a synthesis of emotion, intuition and sensuality.  Rich patinas suggest a density of time and history."

He alternately works in painting and collage.  His collages are generally small in scale, giving them a sense of intimacy and playfulness, while his paintings are of a larger scale, bold, and run the gamut from brilliant hues to the almost monochromatic ... grays, whites and blacks.